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  • Michael Oakley

    Ingredients:
    2 oz tanquery 10 gin
    1/2 oz campari
    1/2 oz st. Germain
    1/4 oz luxardo maraschino liquor
    1/8 oz orgeat
    2 dashes Fee's barrel aged whiskey bitters

    Instructions:
    Stir with twice the amount of ice you usually use and garnish with an almond flake

    Isaac Blesener

    3 shots rye whiskey*
    1/4 shot simple syrup
    Angostura bitters
    1/4 shot Cognac**
    twist of lemon

    *Sazerac is my preferred rye for cocktails, but Jim Beam rye works well and is highly underrated.
    **Choose a brand you can enjoy on its own. I prefer "fine Champagne" Cognacs (e.g. Hine VSOP, Hardy VSOP, Remy Martin VSOP), but Hennessy VS also works; don't use Courvoisier VS.

    Instructions:
    Stir together simple syrup with 3 drops of Angostura in the bottom of a highball glass. Add the rye whiskey and fill the glass with ice. Stir for about 30 seconds and then strain into a lowball glass that has been rinsed with Cognac and filled about halfway with ice. Garnish with a lemon twist.

    Winner: Michael Oakley
    Score: 3-2
    Game Summary: Oakley's drink was a touch bitter, though there was not enough new in Blesener's cocktail to warrant advancement to the 2nd round.

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    2.20.10

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